As being one -ol the e6et spots available on the premises., ..portion of the back verandah of St. Paul's. rectbry, has, of klate; bhee. utilied ?a? a lardber. Located there is a ' sae,: in whlich . the edibles for the houne hold are kept. Ohi Siida% t wasi stocked with the requisites for thlne table on the ilolio - day, and3 the oecupants 0f the diodse ehtlced %es bed without any misgivings as to the source of their food supplies on tle . Sunday.. To their conmtes'natin it was discovered, early on 'Snpday morning, that the cupboard was-bare -bare that is so far as viotials are concerned, ais bare, indeed, as was Old pother lnbbaV's cupboard when he lisi ti seeui* -eVen sa J aon.Jor her dog. It appears that on Sat urday night, or durin? the early hours of Sunday morning, some person or persons entered: the premises, opened the safe, removed therefrom the whole of the edibles, anje, arried them A o. The result was that, on A Sunday morning, when all the business houses wete closed the...

11R. H. D. M'l'NTOSH ENTER TAINED. Er. I. D. 'Intosh, thc promoter of the iecent big hoxing contttit, was entertained at a valleditory havulet field in the Hotel Australia, on Thurs day night' (says the Sydney ' Daily Telegraph" of the 2nd instant.) Mr. M'lntosh will leave Sydnby on Tuesdny next on mn ex tended tour of Europe and America with the pictures of the Buarn-John son fight for the champiolrship of the world, and anticilpates being ahaent trbout airt anonths. The l]kd-al At torney-General, Xrn W. M. Iughes, presided, and among a laire company were Messrs. B. B. O'Conor, 1.L.C., nd W. A. Holmsan, .L.A. Mr. Hughes proposed "Our Guest," and coipplimented Mr. M'Intoslh upon his remarkable eutedrprise and energy, and while mentioning that gentlenmai's con nection with the League of Wheelnen and other institutions ihich had prospered during the period hle had control of the reins. M~essrs.. B. B. O'Oonor, M.L.C., . 4illecr, M.L.A., Tommny Burns, J. . .i Fierald, Harry Rickaeds, a...

DRUNKINNESS. Yest4rday morning, at the Ipswich Police Court, iekdre the Policza Lagis traete, an inebriate, pleaded "Guilty" and was discharged. A female ollcndrl also admnittod havinh wanderl fromn the paths of sobriety. She plbadod with the magistrate to deal.leniently with haer, as, she stated, she had work to go to if she could get away at oude. 'The Police glMagistrate lent a sympa thietic ear to her oppeal, and said lhe would git hler another chlance ; ''"but" he said, '"if you conc before ne, again 1 will have to steel my heart against you atnd sTIId you to gaol for three months. I,giv.' you fair warning, so you must Inot coin plain. You niob discharged this timn..' Cri5b ?nd Foote's Amnual Santa Claus Csnnelss. Genad iuae today.·

is AUE!PMALl A OVER-GOVERNED? Speaking at the Highlansd Society's gathering, in S3dney, on New Year's Day, the Prime Minister (the Hon. A. Fisher) is. reported as having said: "They were apt to say that the Australian people were over-governed, bit'he asked tlkm to ceast their eyes to America, one of the greeest coun tries of to day, and see if aneri cans were not more governed than Australians." We take it that Mr. Fisher's inference is that the United States is a more over-governed coun try than Australia. It w?ald be hard to substantiate such a statement ,1y facts. The United States has a population of nearly 80,000,000. The legislative poWser there is vestled in two Houses, the Senate, and 'tla House of Iteplrede?ntatives. Thle Snate con sists of 90 mwebers, and the Rousen of Reptesentatives of 357 representa tives and territorial delegatie. Ii the Commonwealth Parliament there are 36 Senators and 75 members of the Hoese of Representatives, totalling 111 for a little over 4,000,...

Local and General News THE "QUEIWNSLAND TIMES" ALMANAC. Witlh Saturday's issue of the '"Queensrm land Times" we intend, in accordance with our annual custom, to ,presentm each subscriber swith a copy of our sheet-almanac for the year 1909. It contains the phases of the moon aud the times of thlie rising and setting of the sun on each day throughoaout the 19 niontihs. In addition, tOn list of memorable events will be found to be o aln up-to-date character. The al manac should ~lerefore prove to be useful, for reference purposes, to our numerous subscribers. Ice wante, see Adv~ertdsemst Page 6.*

Weather Forecasts. The following is tie forceast for the 24 hours between so~n yesterday and noon to-day: Queensland.-Unsettled and showery, with fresh to strong south-east winos, on tropical coast and over peninsula; 'elsewhere fine end hot, but sob?itionb still favour scatteird thunmder-storms in the west, south-west, and southll, affct jin qarts of the Centrl ?istrict . and iouth-east uarter la ter. . 'indls in interior generally south-ast. to north, but squally north-west' to south-west over the southern bosder di the sout~h east part. Cool change, however, under fresh south to ounth4bast winds, short ly affecting the west. and. south-west, and extending eastward. T. A. HUNT, Coenuon~weealta eeorologist.

A Maintenance Case. DISOBEYING AN ORDER. THE DEPENDANT OBDURATE. SORDERED TO B IMPRITSONED. FOR FOUR MONKTHS. On an information laid by Mr. J. S5 Martin, in his capacity as Clerkl of tetty Sessions for the Ipswich district, Otto Berderow was brought bfore the Police Magistlrate, at the Ipswich Police Court, yesterday morning, to answer to a charge of having dis obeyed an order of the Court made on the 30th July last requiring him to contribute 7s Gd per week towards the support kl the illegitimate child of Lizzie Peiper. Mr. W. H. Summor ville appeared to wat~ch the case on behalf of this mother of the child. The Polioe JIagistrate, having read the information, addressed the ldesf?en dant thus :--'You have to show cause why you should not ie further dealt Sh. What ham -au to say ?" Defendrant : I am not the father of the child. The Police Magistrate: Wlhat have you to say why you should not Ihe further dealt sitAl ? Defendant made no reply. J. S. Martin, Clerk of Potty Se sions, pro...

PERSONAL. Aroording to the London correspon lent of a Sydney. journal Admiral Sir N.. Bowden-Smith, formerly, command er-in-chief on the Australian statio?n) has declined a good service pension of £S300, a year, aind it ias been awarded to Admiral Sir W. R. Kennedy, late eommander-in-ahiefd nzthae Nore. Captain Doutk,, the pdpular com nder of the steamer Bomlala, has oen appointed marion superintenadnt of the Hosid.d Smith line. Captain Douton, therefore, lhas taken up his residence in Mlellboeur,, the line'sw head rnarters. Captain Hurafonl, late' of thsd 'rsgrinw, sucmleeds Captain I)ouloa as master of the Bomeala. Tlhere is an inmate of the Ballarat lenevolent Asylum who arrived in Australia 90 years agfo ycsteliny. Re celebrated his 106fith hirtlday. He is a Dublin nani, Willinm Barwood iy. me. Only 12 moenths ago Ida wife died. TheIy had been married 77 wars. Jarwood was ous4 of the party which fixed the Amundalrv-linse be t.swni New Stlth Wales :andI South Australia. At yester...